Bob Hassard

Robert Harry Hassard (March 26, 1929 – December 30, 2010) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 126 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1949 and 1954. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1948 to 1960, was spent in the minor leagues. Hassard was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He was a long-time resident and coach in Stouffville, Ontario. He died in December 2010 and was survived by his son Bill, a Leaf draft pick in 1974, and daughters Kim and Jacqui, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Helen, died in 2009.

Playing career Bob Hassard played junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros and won the Allan Cup with the team in the 1949–50 season. The same year he broke into the NHL, playing a single game for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Also a baseball player, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him $100 a month to play for their farm team. Hassard turned down the offer, figuring he could earn more as a hockey player.

He shifted between the NHL and AHL throughout most of his career, winning a championship with the AHL's Pittsburgh Hornets in 1951–1952, and again in 1954=1955. In 129 NHL games Hassard recorded 9 goals, 28 assists (37 points), and only 22 penalty minutes.

He won the Stanley Cup in 1951 with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1945–46 Toronto Marlboros OHA 23 4 8 12 6 4 2 3 5 0 1946–47 Toronto Marlboros OHA 17 9 16 25 7 2 1 1 2 0 1946–47 Toronto Dorsts TMHL 12 14 16 30 2 12 14 15 29 8 1947–48 Toronto Marlboros OHA 31 19 16 35 18 — — — — — 1947–48 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 4 3 0 3 0 5 1 1 2 2 1948–49 Toronto Marlboros OHA 35 33 36 69 28 1 1 0 1 0 1948–49 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1949–50 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1949–50 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 41 12 21 33 22 14 3 10 13 4 1949–50 Toronto Marlboros Al-Cup — — — — — 17 7 16 23 14 1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1950–51 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 28 19 17 36 12 — — — — — 1951–52 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 67 18 46 64 36 11 5 5 10 10 1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 8 23 31 14 — — — — — 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26 1 4 5 4 — — — — — 1953–54 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 46 15 24 39 44 5 3 1 4 8 1954–55 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 17 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1954–55 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 39 9 16 25 38 10 7 1 8 8 1955–56 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 64 22 48 70 47 4 1 3 4 4 1956–57 Buffalo Bisons AHL 61 12 19 31 20 — — — — — 1957–58 Buffalo Bisons AHL 70 14 31 45 13 — — — — — 1958–59 Whitby Dunlops OHA Sr 23 11 23 34 6 10 6 5 11 4 1958–69 Whitby Dunlops Al-Cup — — — — — 12 5 4 9 4 1959–60 Whitby Dunlops OHA Sr 43 15 23 38 16 11 2 4 6 2 AHL totals 347 90 184 274 198 30 16 10 26 30 NHL totals 126 9 28 37 22 — — — — —